- Oliver Family, Papers, 1805-1977 (C3731)
This collection contains the papers of the Oliver family of Cape Girardeau, MO. The material includes family and professional correspondence, legal firm records, family financial and legal records, speeches and writings, genealogical materials, and photographs, as well as information on patriotic organizations, the Missouri State Normal School, and First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau.
- Watkins, Marie Oliver (1885-1959), Papers, 1822-1962 (C2689)
http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/2689.html
These papers contain genealogical research compiled in preparation for the publication of the book “Tearin' Through the Wilderness”: Missouri Pioneer Episodes, 1822-1885 by Marie Oliver Watkins and Helen Hamacher Buchanan Watkins. This genealogy traces the descendants of Charles Allen Watkins and Henrietta Rives of Virginia and Ray County, Missouri.